Dagaare–Birifor
E916951
Dagaare–Birifor is a Gur macrolanguage of West Africa that encompasses closely related Dagaare and Birifor varieties spoken primarily in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gur language
ⓘ
macrolanguage ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dagaari–Birifor
ⓘ
Dagara–Birifor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Northern Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dagbani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moore language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Birifor people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dagaaba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | daga1271 ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Birifor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStandardizedOrthography | yes ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
Central Dagaare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Birifor NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Birifor NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639MacrolanguageCode | dga ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gur
ⓘ
Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volta–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Savannah region of Ghana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper West Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ southwestern Burkina Faso ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian religious practice
ⓘ
local education ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn | basic education in northern Ghana ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.